Trois Rivieres Rhum Blanc Agricole

Difford's calls this a very good example of a traditional rhum blanc from Martinique at its preferred 50% — and it comes from the island's oldest plantation. Trois Rivières was founded in 1660 in Sainte-Luce on Martinique's south coast, named for the three rivers that border its cane fields — Oman, Bois d'Inde, and Saint-Pierre — and it earned the AOC Martinique in 1996; since 2004 its rhums have been made at the Rivière-Pilote distillery under the same house, now owned by Campari. Blanc is fresh estate cane juice, fermented, distilled on a single 22-plate copper column, rested three months in huge wooden vats, reduced with spring water, and bottled at 50% ABV with nothing added. Difford's found a pungent, fruity, slightly funky nose with yeasty notes, peppery spice, and faint lavender, then salty cane and florals that are surprisingly mellow for the proof, finishing long on black and white pepper. Good Spirits News: agricole funk, clean and grassy, vanilla and butter, then crisp minerality. Rum Ratings' drinkers call it traditional, very dry, grassy, and floral, ideal for a Ti' Punch and a proper rum punch — one bought it at the distillery for nine euros. Honest note: it's a grassy, vegetal cane spirit built for mixing, and drinkers expecting Bacardí should know. For a Ti' Punch, a Daiquiri, or a Planteur, it's Martinique's oldest estate at the island's proof. Since 1660.

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